Patents Assigned to FSP Technology Inc.
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Patent number: 9690311Abstract: A power supply apparatus including a power conversion circuit, a single transformer, a conjugate energy-storing inductor and a first and a second rectifying and filtering circuit is provided. The single transformer has a primary winding, a first secondary winding and a second secondary winding. The primary winding is coupled to the power conversion circuit and the first and second secondary windings respectively induce a corresponding voltage based on a voltage of the primary winding. The conjugate energy-storing inductor has a first and a second conjugate coil isolated from each other. The first and second rectifying and filtering circuits respectively charges/discharges in response to the voltage induced by the first and second rectifying and filtering circuits, and thereby respectively provides a first and a second output voltage via the output terminals of the first and second rectifying and filtering circuits.Type: GrantFiled: March 14, 2014Date of Patent: June 27, 2017Assignee: FSP TECHNOLOGY INC.Inventors: Yung-Hsiang Shih, Kun-Feng Hsu
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Publication number: 20170139451Abstract: A casing including a first body and a locking plate is provided, the locking plate is installed to the first body, and the locking plate extends inward to form a frame, so as to lock the casing to a main chassis of a desktop computer. Compared with the existing technique, the casing is directly locked to the main chassis of the desktop computer from exterior to interior through the locking plate, i.e. the casing is adapted to install the redundant power supply without changing an internal configuration of the main chassis or changing an outline dimension of the main chassis or the casing. Moreover, in terms of material purchase, it is unnecessary to purchase casings of other dimensions, but only one type of casings are used to produce general power supplies and redundant power supplies, so as to effectively save the manufacturing cost. Moreover, a redundant power supply is provided.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 7, 2016Publication date: May 18, 2017Applicant: FSP TECHNOLOGY INC.Inventors: Tung-Jung Chuang, Cheng-Wen Huang
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Patent number: 9653985Abstract: A resonant converter and its controlling method are provided. The resonant converter includes a bridge switching circuit receiving a DC input voltage through its power terminal, a resonant and transforming circuit, a rectifying and filtering circuit, and an over-current protecting circuit. The resonant and transforming circuit has at least one resonant capacitor charged/discharged in response to the switching of the bridge switching circuit. The rectifying and filtering circuit rectifies and filters outputs of the resonant and transforming circuit, and generates a driving voltage accordingly. The over-current protecting circuit is coupled to the power terminal and crosses over the resonant capacitor to form a clamp path. The over-current protecting circuit detects a current flowing through the resonant and transforming circuit or a load and determines whether to conduct/cut off the clamp path according to the detection result to limit a cross voltage of the resonant capacitor within a first voltage range.Type: GrantFiled: August 8, 2014Date of Patent: May 16, 2017Assignees: FSP-Powerland Technology Inc., FSP TECHNOLOGY INC.Inventors: Ming Xu, Fei-Yue Duan
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Patent number: 9614430Abstract: An inverting apparatus and an AC power system are provided. The inverting apparatus includes an inverting circuit, a detection circuit, and a control circuit. The inverting circuit receives a DC input voltage and converts the DC input voltage into an AC output voltage. The detection circuit samples the AC output voltage and compares the sampled AC output voltage respectively with a first reference voltage and a second reference voltage so as to generate a first indication signal and a second indication signal. The control circuit controls the operation of the inverting circuit. The control circuit determines whether the amplitude of the AC output voltage is located within an operating voltage range during each driving cycles according to the first and the second indication signals, and decides whether to enable an overvoltage protection or an undervoltage protection to control the power conversion of the inverting circuit according to the determination results.Type: GrantFiled: February 25, 2015Date of Patent: April 4, 2017Assignee: FSP TECHNOLOGY INC.Inventors: Han-Wei Chen, Chun-Hao Yu, Chia-Hua Liu
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Patent number: 9608434Abstract: An inverter apparatus includes a direct current to direct current converter (DC/DC converter), a direct current to alternating current converter (DC/AC converter), a primary-side control circuit and a secondary-side control circuit. The DC/DC converter is arranged for outputting a first DC power and a second DC power. The DC/AC converter is coupled to the DC/DC converter, and is arranged for receiving the first DC power. The primary-side control circuit is coupled to the DC/DC converter, and is arranged for controlling an operation of the DC/DC converter. The secondary-side control circuit is coupled to the DC/DC converter and the DC/AC converter, and is arranged for receiving the second DC power, and controlling an operation of the DC/AC converter according to the second DC power.Type: GrantFiled: February 24, 2015Date of Patent: March 28, 2017Assignee: FSP TECHNOLOGY INC.Inventors: Han-Wei Chen, Chun-Hao Yu, Chia-Hua Liu
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Patent number: 9590484Abstract: The invention is directed to an inverter device and a power converting method thereof. A control unit adjusts a pulse width modulation (PWM) signal serving to control power conversion of an inverter circuit according to a current harmonic component detected by a detection unit to generate an offset current to be superposed to an AC current output by the inverter circuit.Type: GrantFiled: February 17, 2015Date of Patent: March 7, 2017Assignee: FSP TECHNOLOGY INC.Inventors: Han-Wei Chen, Chun-Hao Yu, Chia-Hua Liu
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Patent number: 9570996Abstract: A forward-based power conversion apparatus is provided. When the forward-based power conversion apparatus supplies a plurality of (at least two of) output voltages to a load, a reverse voltage, corresponding to a lower output voltage, of a secondary winding of a transformer is captured through an equipped output auxiliary unit, so as to assist an output of a higher output voltage. Accordingly, compared to that described in the related art, the reverse voltage of the secondary winding of the transformer described herein can be converted into an effective power output, so that overall power loss of the power conversion apparatus can be reduced, and conversion efficiency of the power conversion apparatus can be improved.Type: GrantFiled: September 5, 2013Date of Patent: February 14, 2017Assignee: FSP TECHNOLOGY INC.Inventors: Yung-Hsiang Shih, Chang-Hsun Chiang
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Patent number: 9564825Abstract: A parallel resonant converter including a control circuit and at least two resonant conversion circuits connected in parallel between an input bus and an output bus is provided by the invention. The control circuit is configured to provide a switching frequency signal to the at least two resonant conversion circuits. Moreover, the control circuit is further configured to control the voltage of the output bus to linearly vary along with the switching frequency signal in a rated range by using a linear current-balancing curve (gain-frequency), and thus achieving the purpose of current-balancing for the at least two resonant conversion circuits. The invention is capable of controlling the output voltage of the parallel resonant converter, so as to reduce the ripple on the output voltage of the power supply system.Type: GrantFiled: September 25, 2014Date of Patent: February 7, 2017Assignees: FSP-Powerland Technology Inc., FSP TECHNOLOGY INC.Inventors: Fei-Yue Duan, Ming Xu
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Patent number: 9564830Abstract: An inverting apparatus and a control method thereof are provided. The inverting apparatus includes an inverting circuit, a detection circuit, and a control circuit. The control circuit is coupled to the inverting circuit and the detection circuit and configured to provide a control signal to control the inverting circuit so as to adjust a voltage value of an input voltage into a command voltage represented by the control signal. The control circuit calculates a voltage difference between the detected input voltage and the command voltage so as to determine whether the voltage difference is greater than a preset value. When determining that the voltage difference is greater than the preset value, the control circuit sets the voltage value of the command voltage as the voltage value of the current input voltage.Type: GrantFiled: February 26, 2015Date of Patent: February 7, 2017Assignee: FSP TECHNOLOGY INC.Inventors: Han-Wei Chen, Chun-Hao Yu, Chia-Hua Liu
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Patent number: 9543825Abstract: A power conversion apparatus and control method thereof are provided. The power conversion apparatus includes an output capacitor, an AC-to-DC conversion circuit, a transformer-based auxiliary circuit, an inrush suppression component and a switching circuit. The AC-to-DC conversion circuit is configured to convert an AC power into a DC power. The auxiliary circuit provides a leakage inductance energy. The inrush suppression component provides a first conduction path, and the switching circuit provides a second conduction path. When the switching circuit cuts off the second conduction path in response to the leakage inductance energy, the AC-to-DC conversion circuit conducts the DC power to the output capacitor via the first conduction path. When the switching circuit turns on the second conduction path in response to the leakage inductance energy, the AC-to-DC conversion circuit conducts the DC power to the output capacitor via the second conduction path.Type: GrantFiled: March 11, 2015Date of Patent: January 10, 2017Assignee: FSP TECHNOLOGY INC.Inventors: Yung-Hsiang Shih, Chang-Hsun Chiang
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Patent number: 9541587Abstract: An inverting apparatus and a control method thereof are provided. The inverting apparatus includes an inverting circuit, a detection circuit, and a control circuit. The inverting circuit converts a DC input power into an AC output power. The detection circuit detects an input voltage and an input current. The control circuit provides a control signal for disturbing the input voltage, such that a voltage value of the input voltage is adjusted to a command voltage represented by the control signal. The control circuit calculates an input power corresponding to each of time points, calculates a power variation between the disturbed power and the undisturbed power, then determines whether the power variation is larger than a predetermined variation, and sets a disturbance voltage according to the determination result, based on an MPPT operation or based on a disturbance direction of the command voltage of the previous time point.Type: GrantFiled: February 26, 2015Date of Patent: January 10, 2017Assignee: FSP TECHNOLOGY INC.Inventors: Han-Wei Chen, Chun-Hao Yu, Chia-Hua Liu
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Patent number: 9531283Abstract: A power supply apparatus including a multi-outputs power supply circuit and a first regulating circuit is provided. The multi-outputs power supply circuit has a plurality of output terminals. The multi-outputs power supply circuit provides a first voltage from one output terminal among the output terminals and provides a second voltage from another one output terminal among the output terminals, where a rated voltage value of the first voltage is greater than a rated voltage value of the second voltage. The first regulating circuit is coupled between the one output terminal and the another one output terminal, where the first regulating circuit is enabled when the first voltage exceeds a first threshold, and begins to regulate the second voltage after being enabled.Type: GrantFiled: June 17, 2014Date of Patent: December 27, 2016Assignee: FSP TECHNOLOGY INC.Inventors: Yung-Hsiang Shih, Kun-Feng Hsu
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Patent number: 9515573Abstract: An inverting apparatus and a control method thereof are provided. The inverting apparatus includes an inverting circuit, a capacitor, and a control circuit. The inverting circuit receives a DC input power and is configured to convert the DC input power into an AC output power, wherein an AC output current of the AC output power is preset to a preset output current. The capacitor is connected to an output terminal of the inverting circuit. The control circuit is coupled to the inverting circuit and is configured to control a power conversion of the inverting circuit, wherein the control circuit superimposes a preset capacitor compensation current of which the phase leads to the preset output current on the preset output current, so as to control the inverting circuit to adjust the AC output current and provide the adjusted AC output current to a power grid.Type: GrantFiled: February 26, 2015Date of Patent: December 6, 2016Assignee: FSP TECHNOLOGY INC.Inventors: Han-Wei Chen, Chun-Hao Yu, Chia-Hua Liu
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Patent number: 9484838Abstract: An inverter and a power supply method thereof and an application thereof are provided. The inverter includes a DC-DC conversion circuit, an inverting circuit and an auxiliary power circuit. The DC-DC conversion circuit converts a DC input voltage into a DC bus voltage. The inverting circuit is configured to convert the DC bus voltage into an AC output voltage. The auxiliary power circuit is enabled in response to the DC input voltage, and the auxiliary power circuit generates a first auxiliary power for enabling the DC-DC conversion circuit after being enabled. The DC-DC conversion circuit is enabled in response to the first auxiliary power, and the DC-DC conversion circuit generates a second auxiliary power for enabling the inverting circuit after being enabled, such that the inverting circuit is enabled in response to the second auxiliary power and generates the AC output voltage.Type: GrantFiled: July 14, 2014Date of Patent: November 1, 2016Assignees: FSP-Powerland Technology Inc., FSP TECHNOLOGY INC.Inventors: Jian-Guo Mu, Feng Ji, Xiong Fang, Chuan-Yun Wang, Ming Xu
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Patent number: 9455635Abstract: A snubber circuit includes a capacitor and a buffer device. The buffer device has a first terminal and a second terminal. The first terminal is electrically connected to the capacitor. When the buffer device operates in a first conduction mode, a charge current flows from the second terminal to the first terminal through the buffer device. When the buffer device switches from the first conduction mode to a second conduction mode, the buffer device generates a discharge current which flows from the first terminal to the second terminal through the buffer device over a specific period of time, such that after the buffer device enters the second conduction mode, a relative maximum voltage level appearing first at the second terminal is lower than a voltage level at the first terminal.Type: GrantFiled: August 22, 2014Date of Patent: September 27, 2016Assignee: FSP TECHNOLOGY INC.Inventor: Kuo-Fan Lin
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Patent number: 9455622Abstract: An inverter and an over current protection method thereof are provided. The inverter includes an inverting circuit, a filtering capacitor and an over current protection circuit. The inverting circuit is configured to convert a DC input voltage into an AC output voltage and provide the AC output voltage to a load. The filtering capacitor is coupled to the inverting circuit and the load in parallel. The over current protection circuit is coupled to the inverting circuit and the filtering capacitor and configured to provide an over current protection mechanism. The over current protection circuit detects an AC current on the filtering capacitor and determines whether to enable the over current protection mechanism according to the AC current in order to restrain the power conversion operation of the inverting circuit.Type: GrantFiled: July 4, 2014Date of Patent: September 27, 2016Assignees: FSP-Powerland Technology Inc., FSP TECHNOLOGY INC.Inventors: Chuan-Yun Wang, Ming Xu, Jian-Guo Mu
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Patent number: 9450515Abstract: A control method for an inverter apparatus is provided. The inverter apparatus includes a direct current to direct current (DC/DC) converter and a direct current to alternating current (DC/AC) converter. An output side of the DC/DC converter is coupled to an input side of the DC/AC converter. The control method includes the following steps: outputting a DC power from the output side of the DC/DC converter; receiving the DC power from the input side of the DC/AC converter, and generating an AC power from an output side of the DC/AC converter according to the DC power; and detecting the DC power, and accordingly controlling an operation of the DC/AC converter.Type: GrantFiled: February 23, 2015Date of Patent: September 20, 2016Assignee: FSP TECHNOLOGY INC.Inventors: Han-Wei Chen, Chun-Hao Yu, Chia-Hua Liu
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Patent number: 9419433Abstract: A power supply apparatus is provided, and which includes a power conversion circuit, a control chip with soft-start function and a short protection circuit. The power conversion circuit is configured to provide a DC output voltage to a load in response to an output pulse-width-modulation (PWM) signal. The control chip is operated under a DC input voltage, and configured to generate the output PWM signal to control the operation of the power conversion circuit. The short protection circuit is configured to pull-down the level of a soft-start pin of the control chip, so as to substantially/significantly reduce the frequency and duty cycle of the output PWM signal, and then substantially/significantly reduce the current flowing through the shorted load.Type: GrantFiled: October 8, 2013Date of Patent: August 16, 2016Assignee: FSP TECHNOLOGY INC.Inventors: Lung-Chi Wei, Ching-Chia Chu
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Patent number: 9391454Abstract: An apparatus and a method for power supply are provided. In the invention, the residual standby power can be quickly discharged by an additional fast discharging unit within a predetermined time when an external AC power (for example, city power) received by the power supply apparatus capable of supporting ATX (Advanced Technology eXtended) specification is unavailable (for example, power trip). Accordingly, any host system applied with the inventive power supply apparatus and method would not be inoperable when the received external AC power (city power) is recovered, and thus effectively promoting the stability of the applied host system.Type: GrantFiled: July 18, 2013Date of Patent: July 12, 2016Assignee: FSP TECHNOLOGY INC.Inventor: Chien-Lung Hsu
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Patent number: 9373996Abstract: An inverting apparatus and a photovoltaic power system using the same are provided. The inverting apparatus includes an inverting circuit, a control circuit, and a voltage regulator-based ground detection circuit. The control circuit controls the power conversion of the inverting circuit. The voltage regulator-based ground detection circuit samples an input voltage of the DC input power, and performs voltage regulation and voltage division on the input voltage to generate a ground indication voltage. The electric potential of the output terminal of the voltage regulator is built based on a photovoltaic ground terminal of a photovoltaic module. The ground indication voltage is the voltage difference between an output terminal of the voltage regulator and a device ground terminal of the inverting apparatus. The control circuit determines whether a ground fault occurs to the photovoltaic module and enables a ground protection mechanism to control the inverting circuit when the ground fault occurs.Type: GrantFiled: February 26, 2015Date of Patent: June 21, 2016Assignee: FSP TECHNOLOGY INC.Inventors: Han-Wei Chen, Chun-Hao Yu, Chia-Hua Liu